Climate Common Sense is not a sceptical site but a non-believer's site .Global warming and cooling are natural phenomena and carbon dioxide is a lovely gas vital to plant growth. Global Warming has stopped and Climate Change ( I call it Weather) is the new manufactured bogeyman. This website will present a realist view on the Climate Change debate.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Dodgy Down Under Data

It seems that the Australian BOM has been caught cooking the books on historical temperature data to create a much greater warming slope than that indicated by the raw data.Adjustments of course are always upwards which is statistically impossible but statistical rectitude has never been high on the warmist agenda.

CLAIMS MADE IN THE STATE OF THE CLIMATE REPORT PRODUCED BY BOM AND CSIRO IN MARCH 2010.Since 1960 the mean temperature in Australia has increased by about 0.7 °C . The long term trend in temperature is clear…TRUE. But the raw data shows the mean temperature since 1910 has increased only 0.6 C.Australian average temperatures are projected to rise by 0.6 to 1.5 ºC by 2030.REALLY? That would require between 5 and 12 times the rate of warming seen in the raw temperature record, or between 3 and 7.5 times that shown by BOM’s published figures.Much of Australia will be drier in coming decadesMAYBE NOT. See http://kenskingdom.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/political-science-101/.Our observations clearly demonstrate that climate change is real.TRUE- that’s what climate does.
However our great friends and fierce rivals across the Tasman in Kiwiland have probably narrowly won the data fudging competition and there is currently a court case on the dubious accuracy of the records used to justify their Carbon Tax. It absolutely amazes me as an engineer how anyone can accept this blatant manipulation of data.

Co2 vs Global Temperature (from C3)

About Me

Retired Professional Electronics Engineer with specialist experience in design of power systems control ,revenue metering and electronics manufacturing. Throughout career held positions of university lecturer,professional design engineer,CEO and nurseryman.I am a keen bridge player and have special interests in the climate change fiasco, and the green energy disaster in progress.